ESEA Reauthorization Roundtable Discussion. Link and Notes.
A Senate Committee hearing on the ESEA Reauthorization was held this morning in a roundtable discussion. You may find the hearing here. Written witness testimony provided to the Senators may […]
View ArticleNGA Wish List For ESEA Reauthorization – No surprises here
The National Governor’s Association gave us Common Core State Standards. Where do they stand with the re-authorization of NCLB? Hey, anything that lets them tell their businesses that they are […]
View ArticleDC Still Not Clear On What Local Control Really Means
Ok, first let’s compliment the folks on the US House Education Committee for getting a few things right with the ESEA re-authorization bill. 1. Elimination of redundant and abundant federal […]
View ArticleFederal Progress on Stopping Common Core?
Last Thursday, the Senate Education Committee, who is working on a redraft of S227 which would supersede No Child Left Behind, adopted an amendment meant to get the federal government […]
View ArticleNo Wonder the Education Cabal is Afraid of Homeschooling Families. They...
Check out Homeschool Snark Shark if you are homeschooling or thinking about it. If you are a parent contemplating making the change from a Common Core public school to […]
View ArticleNational Groups Oppose Passage of NCLB ReWrite
Several Missouri Groups signed on to this letter. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 13, 2015 In a coast to coast effort, parent and citizen groups, resisting the national and federal takeover […]
View ArticleLife Outside of The NCLB Waiver
Yesterday we posted the letter to Congress, signed by numerous grassroots organizations across the country, asking that they not pass the proposed revisions to NCLB. This letter stands in contrast […]
View ArticleStopESEA Twitter Rally Tonight
Most people are familiar with the tale of the scorpion and the frog where the scorpion begs to be taken across the river and, though he promises not to sting […]
View Article2001 All Over Again
Many thanks to Sherena Arrington who works with Georgia Senator Ligon for finding this in the federal archives. The December 2001 Bill Summary from No Child Left Behind when John […]
View ArticleThe “bathroom” issue looks awfully familiar and states are pushing back
Who would have thought we’d be having a national debate about bathroom access in the 21st century, but here we are. A joint “guidance” letter by the U.S. Department of […]
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